Another US & Canada audition for Asian pop star wannabe. Korean agency JYPE is looking for new talents who are residing in USA and Canada and born in year 1982-2000, regardless of gender and nationality.
Chinese starlet Isabella Leong gave birth to a baby boy on April 26 in Toronto, Canada.
Isabella, 21, and HKG billionaire Richard Li, 42, started their relationship in March 2008. There were rumours in early 2009 that the actress was pregnant, but nobody took it seriously.
Come to think of it… it’s probably the main reason why her ex-agency EEG had softened over their contract dispute; the company must have realised about the fact (probably told by Richard) and was made to reach the settlement deal in November 2008.
The baby’s name is Ethan Li Changzhi (loose translation). Best wishes.
[image via Thestandard]
Habitat 67 is a famous housing complex in Montreal, Canada. Designed by architect Moshe Safdie and built in 1967 as part of the Universal Expo, the project is still hailed for its futuristic design after 40+ years…
Entertainment news from various sources…
Update – New music videos (dance version) for Korean girls group SNSD’s hit song “Gee”
Canada – Chinese star Edison Chen testified in Vancouver for sex scandal case [Cri]
Korea – Singer Lee Seung-ki graduates from Dongguk University [K-popped]
Korea – Jang Dong-gun plays president [Hanfever]
Korea – Yoon Eun-hye posed for Vogue [Kbites] and Marie Claire [Popseoul]
Korea – Flower boy Lee Min-ho (pic) [Stareastasia]
Taiwan – S.H.E member Hebe ready for solo debut [Stareastasia]
US – Rihanna’s swollen face after alleged attack by Chris Brown [TMZ]
Korean figure skating star Kim Yuna has set a new world record for the ladies’ short program en-route to winning the women’s single title at the 08/09 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships (4CC) in Vancouver, Canada…
The 18-year-old sensation scored 72.24 points on Wednesday (Feb 4), the highest total for a short program under the new judging system. Her performance at the long program (on Friday) was not as impressive, but it’s enough for her to claim the title.
On the other hand, Chinese figure skaters Pang Qing and Tong Jian won the pair skating title, making this event a rather successful outing for Asians.
[Update] Kim broke her record again in the world championship in March.
Some fun and offbeat news from various sources…
Art – Amazing cityscape art made from unusual objects [Neatorama]
Canada – Three Canadian men have claimed a new record for the fastest trek across Antarctica to the South Pole [BBC]
China – A Chinese farmer shows off his self-made rickshaw-pulling robot (pic) near his home in a village at the outskirts of Beijing [Cri]
Germany – Two German children, aged five and six, have been stopped by police on New Year’s Day from eloping to Africa for a sunny wedding… poor kids lol [BBC]
Japan – Said to be Japan’s scariest suspension bridge [Youtube, via Yamatologic]
Space – National Geographic’s top 10 space photos of 2008 [Nat-Geo]
S Korea – Emergency exits used at preschools… cute, but doubtful reliability [Brian]
USA – 6-year-old missed school bus, took mom’s car instead [Neatorama]
[Updated Dec 17] E! Entertainment recently released its “25 Sexiest Men of the World” 2008 list, in which Canadian-Chinese star Edison Chen somehow ranked higher (15th) than Chinese-Japanese actor Takeshi Kaneshiro (20th).
Dingdong Dantes
Well, Edison might be sexier than Takeshi in E!’s point of views (I guess the sex pics might help a bit), but the sexiest Asian title goes to Dingdong Dantes (3th) from the Philippines instead.
Bollywood actor John Abraham is the other Asian celebrity that made the list, and he too was ranked higher than the two Chinese stars at 10th.
This E! sexiest men list is a bit unique as the chosen celebs covered a wide range of different nationalities and ethnicity as compared to most other sexiest/hottest lists which are dominated by Hollywood stars. Arguable… but nice try.
Here are the top 25 sexiest men of the world according to E!…
Singapore tops the Asian ranking in The Global Competitiveness Report 2008-2009 conducted by the World Economic Forum (and partners) using both publicly available data and the Executive Opinion Survey.
The annual report assesses the ability of countries to provide high levels of prosperity to their citizens, which in turn depends on how productively a country uses available resources. Thus, the index measures the set of institutions, policies, and factors that set the sustainable current and medium-term levels of economic prosperity.
The top 10 overall ranking are USA, Switzerland, Denmark, Sweden, Singapore, Finland, Germany, Japan and Canada.
The top 10 Asian economic entities are Singapore, Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan, Malaysia, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, China and UAE.